| SERENADETOMUSIC | Choral work for 26 beginning to seduce metro-audiences, possibly (8,2,5) |
| BOREDOM | Bedroom farce, or its effect on the audience, possibly (7) |
| MEMORIALTHEATRE | Death during dinner at operational centre awaiting reopening for 26 (with the 13 and the 14) (8,7) |
| CONTEMPTOFCOURT | It's an offence by cheat to seduce essentially woozy female on date (8, 2, 5) |
| ASIANS | A Welsh girl beginning to seduce foreigners (6) |
| SCAPEGRACE | Wayward type beginning to seduce head girl |
| SHIMMY | Beginning to seduce that guy with gracious swivel of the hips |
| SCULPT | Model beginning to seduce prince in party (6) |
| PEERGROUP | Hero for 26 to mature, failing to keep with comparable figures (4,5) |
| GLEN | Christy Ring played for ___ Rovers for 26 years. (4) |
| SETTER | Post for Methuselah? (Letters for 26 others are enclosed here too) |
| LENNY | _ Henry, was married to Dawn French for 26 years (5) |
| IXION | Mythological Greek king bound to a fiery wheel for attempting to seduce Hera (5) |
| LEAVESINNODOUBT | Provides certainty for 26 across finding hostelry near Oxford with reservation (6,2,2,5) |
| HOWE | He played in the NHL for 26 seasons |
| LHASA | In which capital has appeared, for 26 (5) |
| ETHYL | Solver's in line for 26 (5) |
| KINGCOBRADLEY | Large, hooded snake ... and '60 Minutes' reporter for 26 years |
| BLANDA | Football Hall of Famer George who played for 26 seasons |
| ALBANESE | Soprano Licia, singer at the Met for 26 years |
